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Brian Dixon's avatar
Brian Dixon
Brass Contributor
Oct 12, 2016

Drop down box and lists

I would like to see a drop-down box as an option. I created a choose a student and it lists 109 students. I would like it to be a drop-down option.   It would also be user friendly if I could just ...
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Microsoft Forms
  • Zhongzhong_Li's avatar
    Zhongzhong_Li
    Oct 28, 2016

    Hi Brian,

     

    If you add more than 6 options, the choice question will turn into dropdown control automatically.

    Please note that the dropdown control only supports single choice.

     

    New update [July, 2018]

    We have enabled a settings in choice question, so you could manage "dropdown" by yourselves.

     

    Regards,

    Zhongzhong

Juan Gonzalez's avatar
Juan Gonzalez
Iron Contributor
Feb 01, 2018
I absolutely agree. I also have a large list to manage for courses, and automatically renders Forms useless for this use case. Would like to see it added ASAP. Thank you
  • Andrew Jennings's avatar
    Andrew Jennings
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 07, 2019

    Hi Has there been any movement on adding a scrolling option to the drop down list? I have a requirement for about 100 options. This makes the form not very user friendly.

    • Brian Dixon's avatar
      Brian Dixon
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 07, 2019

      I haven't used this for a while, but the last time I checked it still has not been updated.  I know google forms it allows you, but my school uses office 365 which limits what I enjoy using.  I also wish they would allow you to have the excel spreadsheet accessible and update as information is entered on forms.  But now, you have multiple steps to get it and share it.

      • OnurCK's avatar
        OnurCK
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 06, 2019

        Hi Brian Dixon  and Andrew Jennings ,

         

        I found out how to add a long list as dropdown menu. I added 300+ names as dropdown list in seconds. I hope this helps.

         

        1. Choose dropdown as question type on Microsoft Forms
        2. List all answers you would like to add as dropdown on an excel sheet
        3. On excel sheet, select all and copy (CTRL+C)
        4. Paste (CTRL+V) them to first answer option space on Microsoft Forms

        Best,

        Onur

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